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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave Jenkins and Ian Duguid have a wide-ranging conversation about the grace of God and spiritual warfare, the place of the Word of God in spiritual warfare, along with his book, The Whole Armor of God: How Christ’s Victory Strengthens Us for Spiritual Warfare (Crossway, 2019).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- The Old Testament background for what Paul says in Ephesians 6 about spiritual warfare.
- The Lord as a Warrior and King who helps His people with the grace of God in spiritual warfare.
- Preaching the gospel to ourselves and spiritual warfare.
- The power of God in the gospel and in helping His people in spiritual warfare.
- How Christians today misunderstand spiritual warfare, what to do about it, and speak to this particular problem.
- A brief overview of Ephesians 6:10-18 and why Paul’s teaching in Ephesians 6:10-18 matters.
- The relationship between the grace of God and spiritual warfare.
- Advice to the Christian struggling with feelings of worthlessness, despair, and discouragement.
- The place of the Word for the Christian in spiritual warfare.
- How Pastors, ministry leaders, and Bible study teachers can help God’s people on the subject of spiritual warfare.
- Recommended books on spiritual warfare for Christians for future study on this topic.
- How ministry leaders can determine if someone is under spiritual attack and help them to address the attack with the Word of God.
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah, and lives in beautiful Southern Oregon. He is a writer, editor, and speaker who loves Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology.
Dave serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries and the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine. He is the Host and Producer of the Equipping You in Grace Podcast and a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word.
He is the author of The War of Worldviews: Truth, Lies, and the Battle for the Christian Mind (Theology for Life, 2026), Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
You can connect with Dave on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, or subscribe to his newsletter.
When he is not engaged in ministry work, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, going to movies, sharing a meal at a favorite restaurant, or playing a round of golf with friends. He is also a voracious reader, particularly of Reformed theology and the Puritans, and is often found working through a stack of new books from a wide range of Christian publishers.
Dave earned his M.A.R. and M.Div. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
